# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#   Copyright 2010 Thomas Olsen <tanghus@gmail.com>
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from PyQt4.QtCore import QVariant
import sys, os

def fixType(val):
    # FIXME: This is needed to take care of problems with KDE 4.3 bindings, but it should be removed
    # when things are fixed.
    if type(val) == QVariant:
      return str(val.toString())
    else:
      return val
  
def createDirectory(d):
  if not os.path.isdir(d):
    try:
      os.mkdir(d)
    except IOError as (errno, strerror):
      print "I/O error({0}): {1}".format(errno, strerror)
    except:
      print u"Problem creating directory: %s" % d
      print "Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0]
